tintype
Americannoun
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Photography. ferrotype.
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Slang. not on your tintype, absolutely not.
Ask her again? Not on your tintype!
noun
Etymology
Origin of tintype
Example Sentences
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The tintype is marked by the museum as “unidentified”, but bearing, quote, “a strong resemblance to Dr. Sarah Loguen Fraser.”
From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023
Three female artists are shown here, Floris Neusüss and Christiane Feser, whose work is more abstract, and Joni Sternbach, who has photographed surfers around the world, using the antiquated tintype method.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Related Tin Man: photography using an old-fashioned tintype process The Instax Mini 11 is as simple to use as it looks.
From The Verge • Jun. 25, 2022
One of these technological escapees is Elena Volkova, a Ukrainian-born Baltimorean with an expertise in tintype, a mid-19th-century process.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2022
I put it in the crook of my arm, like we were an old tintype picture in a fancy frame.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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